For The Black Man There Is Only

And It Is Clear That In The Colonial Countries The Peasants Alone Are Revolutionary, For They Have Nothing To Lose And Everything To Gain. The Starving Peasant, Outside The Class System Is The First Among The Exploited To Discover That Only Violence Pays. For Him There Is No Compromise, No Possible Coming To Terms; Colonization And Decolonization A Simply A Question Of Relative Strength.

If The Building Of A Bridge Does Not Enrich The Awareness Of Those Who Work On It, Then The Bridge Ought Not To Be Built.

The Unpreparedness Of The Educated Classes, The Lack Of Practical Links Between Them And The Mass Of The People, Their Laziness, And, Let It Be Said, Their Cowardice At The Decisive Moment Of The Struggle Will Give Rise To Tragic Mishaps.

O My Body, Make Of Me Always A Man Who Questions!

I Ascribe A Basic Importance To The Phenomenon Of Language. To Speak Means To Be In A Position To Use A Certain Syntax, To Grasp The Morphology Of This Or That Language, But It Means Above All To Assume A Culture, To Support The Weight Of A Civilization.